Figure Skating Tickets

Watch your favorite figure skaters glide across the ice in breathtaking, graceful and athletic moves. Attend an International Skating Union (ISU) event, an ice show or an exhibition of champions. See figure skaters display their technical skills and artistry before judges and audiences with an air of excitement and anticipation. For decades, ice skaters have mastered the spins, jumps, spirals and footwork to music to convey a mood or tell a story. They skate as singles or in pairs with classical or modern costumes and stirring music. Figure skating events showcase the up-and-coming amateur talent in competition or the proven skills of the sport's well-known stars on ice.

Programs and Judging: Competitive figure skating events in junior and senior levels feature divisions for men, women, pairs and ice dancing. Each ice skater or pair of skaters is judged on two programs with a points system based on the mastery of certain elements, their difficulty and the execution. Judges also consider choreography, interpretation and the overall performance in scores. Ice dancers compete under slightly different judging standards, dancing compulsory routines to specific music. Exhibition figure skating shows feature past Olympic or world champions, as well as popular icons and trailblazers of the sport. These events often rely on guest judges or the audience to determine the winner of a friendly competition. Some ice shows simply tell a story with characters on figure skates or use a theme to celebrate historical events as the cast enchants the audience with eye-catching choreography and awe-inspiring movements.

Competitive History: Figure skating is well-known as an Olympic sport. It has been part of the Olympic Games since 1908. Popular figure skating events outside the winter games include the World Figure Skating Championships and the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. Qualified skaters from the five continents symbolized as rings on the Olympic flag may also compete annually in either the European Figure Skating Championships or the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.